Mint condition.Bloomsbury Publishing,2017..First edition-2nd printing of this gift edition(3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Pictorial yellow hardback(gilt illustration on the front cover, gilt lettering to the spine, small dent on the edges of the cover) with an illustrated red slipcase (small dent on the edges of the slipcase), both in mint condition, no Dj as issued.Illustrated with a b/w map.Cover and slipcase illustrations by Jonny Duddle.The book is new.532pp.A collectable gift edition.Heavy book (1.1 Kg.) This is another paragraph Book Description: There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building . wherever they had murdered . When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why. Secrets and suspicion are spreading through the wizarding world and Hogwarts itself is not safe. Harry is convinced that Malfoy bears the Dark Mark: there is a Death Eater amongst them. Harry will need powerful magic and true friends as he explores Voldemort's darkest secrets, and Dumbledore prepares him to face his destiny This gift edition hardback, presented in a beautiful foiled slipcase decorated with brand new line art by Jonny Duddle, will delight readers as they follow Harry through the penultimate instalment of his adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.